15 Days of the Holidays - Day 7

 

Hello!  Christy Musack - TeamWorks Member here for day 7 

of the 15 Days of Holidays event.

I got a head start on my album this year, knowing how busy the month of December can be.

I went with an 8x8 album to give room for photos and bit of creative elements too.  I wanted a book with an easy-to-assemble format. These top-load pages allow me to slip my album pages in-and-out and move them around as needed as I develop the book.

Keeping it simple during the assembly will allow me to go back and add more elements including the numbered days after the holidays - once my photos are developed.  I also kept to supplies in my stash (for the most part).

My cover features Simple Stories, Studio Calico, Jenni Bowlin, October Afternoon (mostly existing product from my stash) and a bit more:

Up Close:

I spritzed with Mister Hueys, added washi, twine, a doily, shipping tag 

and even a paper clip-

A look at some of the pages inside: 

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for Rosann's 15 Days of the Holidays project.

Happy Friday!

Creative Card Saturday

Happy Saturday everyone! I've got a few Spring-ish cards that I put together with a few different lines from the previous catalog.

Happy Birthday:

This one features the October Afternoon 'Farmhouse' collection. Another easy one to put together... adding a few details like embossing , and a button with twine, can really make a project pop!

My Mother...My Friend:

Here is a card made with the Lily Bee Design 'This & That' collection.  I topped a little hat pin with some beads and sequins...great touches on a card for Mother's Day, or even her birthday.

That's it! I hope you've found some inspiration to use up some of those scraps from your older products, so you can make room for some new!

Challenge Me Wednesday--Mix it Up!

It's Challenge me Wednesday and I'm featuring my take on this month's challenge-- Mix it Up! Finding papers and other supplies from a variety of manufacturers and incorporating them into my work is something I do all the time. I love to use up my odd bits and scraps and this kind of challenge is right up my alley. Thanks Lynn for a fun kick-off challenge.



This layout features papers from Crate paper, LillyBee, Authentique and Simple Stories, and embellishments from the same lines along with October Afternoon. It's all spelled out below. I liked how the colors from their clothing, skin tones and front door are in these papers and the flower background makes me thing happy thoughts, and moving into a new home is a very happy thought indeed.

Since the papers and embellishments were already out, I made a couple of quick ATCs which can go in my ATC collection or be used as an embellishment on a page or to create a card or tag. I used products from the same lines as above, and added some Stickles to the butterfly and rose chip boards for a bit of dazzle. The paper flower here and above in the layout were made the same way--I used a Marvy-Uchida flower punch and punched several scraps. I inked the edges and crumpled up the flowers. Using a brad as a center I combined several flowers, crumpled the top flower for texture and adhered with a glue dot. This quick and easy flower uses up scraps and adds the perfect finishing touch.

So, lets get mixing!

Supplies used:

Crate Paper Random (flowered background paper, border strip from paper and chip board heart/flower/butterfly)
Authentique Splendid(pink trellis paper, tags, dragonfly stamp)
LilyBee Memorandum (blue damask/green trellis paper, alphas for "sweet")
Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer (stripe paper, flourish sticker, banner sticker)
October Afternoon (Little Flyer "happiness", "home" alphas)
MME--twine
Basic Grey--brads
Ranger--Distress Ink, Stickles
Kraft cardstock